VC-10 at JFK???

[Ari707]

According to Passur.com a VC-10 landed this morning at JFK at 8:41.

Passur doesn't give a flt ID or an Origin just type H25B which according to my refferences is a VC-10

anyone have any info???

[SengaB]

Hi Ari707,
The "HS25" is the a/c code for:
BRITISH AEROSPACE BAE 125 SERIES 800A
RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY HAWKER 800XP
Pictured here
Its a small bussinessjet
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=329518

Heres the route of the one you saw. arr/dep Times are in Zulu so subtract 4.

Aircraft ID BLOCKED
Aircraft Type H25B
Owner/Operator

Departure LBE ARNOLD PALMER REGIONAL, LATROBE PA
Destination JFK JOHN F KENNEDY INTL, NEW YORK NY
Status Landed
Planned Alt 27000 Feet
Planned Speed 417 kts.
Actual Dep 2005-10-27 11:42
Planned Arrival 2005-10-27 12:21
Actual Arrival 2005-10-27 12:24 (8:24 Local time)
Latest Speed 209 kts.
Latest Altitude 3000 Feet


Senga

[Ari707]

Passur listed it as H25B which on my list shows as VC-10
I have H25A as BAE 125
and H25B&C as VC-10's
PAssur prob just had a miss print..

[727C47]

you can occasionally see an RAF VC-10 tanker,in vegas,when they deploy to Nellis to support their fighters when they hop the pond to train with our guys at Nellis. Last year I saw that beautiful shape roar aloft spouting gouts of black smoke,in company with 2 Jaguar fighter bombers,the roar was so wonderfully loud we heard it in our 727 cockpit while on short finals for 25L. I remember those beauties in their original BOAC blue,white,and gold, and the coke bottle whoooosh ! of their Conway engines,ghosting into JFK in the glory years of the late 60's -early 70's,when jets were jets,and the earth trembled,and the sky shook with every take-off.cool.cool

[SengaB]

Yea who knows how they mixed up a H25A H25B C.with a VC-10...the VC-10 ICAO a/c code should be "VC10" like B752 B743 A346 E190 etc etc.

IAD (Dulles) gets the RAF VC-10 once in a blue moon there as well. One shows up every other month for a day or two and then disappeares again. I actually drove down there to get a shot last year of one that I was advised of. Those VC-10s do look sharp.
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=316307
One of my most valued shots.
I'd love to see another one sometime.
Senga